Mo Moulton

This is a very dense (for a non-lawyer) piece, but worthy reading for anyone trying to get a sense of the big picture at play in the recission of trans rights in the UK.

Kudos to Conor Gearty for headlining FWS as an example of the conservative judicial assault on human rights law.

Storm Amy is blowing the flags down, she's on the side of immigrants and refugees. Wind knows no borders, learn from the wind.

Pay Rivers Solomon using PayPal.Me Go to paypal.me/riversandfam and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

I have a big request. My baby cousin, 15, is in hospital, non-responsive. I'd like to see her one last time & am trying to fly across the ocean *tomorrow* to make this happen. It would cost about £2500 or £3300 dollars. If you're able to contribute, this is my paypal: paypal.me/riversandfam

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At the margins of capitalism: useful histories at the Co-op Archive - University of Birmingham Jade Burnett reports on the 'Sites of fracture' launch event held in Manchester on 1 July 2025.

On 1 July, we lauched our Sites of Fracture project with a day of archival exploration and discussion at the Co-operative Archive. www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/pro... @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @ukri.org

Not yet - the 2026 entry is campus only. Maybe in future though!

You’ll engage with urgent conversations around difference and equality. Explore themes such as identity, minority experiences and power. Learn from leading researchers in areas such as queer and trans studies, feminist legal research, and gender in arts and culture. 🌈🎓

Gender and Sexuality MA - University of Birmingham Course information for prospective postgraduate students on our MA History taught masters degree programme at the University of Birmingham.

Some big news: the University of Birmingham is launching a new MA in Gender & Sexuality. It's interdisciplinary, with a focus on combining theory & practice. It's going to be amazing. I'm convening it: message or email with questions. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr... @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Excellent news, but I'm still gobsmacked they had to fight so long for this. Grouse moor burning encapsulates the nexus of dispossession, environmental destruction, violence & class inequality that shaped Britain & its empire. I hope this victory leads to more protection of this vital environment.

Join myself & El Reid Buckley in conversation at @nmireland.bsky.social we’ll discuss uncovering & presenting LGBTQIA+ narratives within the Museum’s collections. We’ll also reflect on the significance of LGBTQIA+ histories, tours & exhibitions. #speirgorm
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This will be our sixth year offering fellowships—mentoring with Periplus has been a steady source of joy for me, and I have seen the ongoing impact for many writers. If you have any questions after reading the FAQ, let me know (or email peripluscollective at gmail dot com, which uh also goes to me)

An image of a proposed redesign for the Massachusetts flag: it is a photo collage with a huge Dunkin Donuts at the center with the Harvard "Veritas" seal on the front of the building and a huge lobster plush doll walking out the front of it. The enormous smiling head of Governor Maura Healey rises up from behind the building, with heart-shaped sunglasses pasted over her eyes. Three bros in the lower left of the photo are raising a toast in red Solo cups, and in the lower right a (possibly drunk) young white person wearing a white T-shirt and sunglasses is waving a huge rainbow flag and wearing a rainbow boa. The word "MASSACHUSETTS" appears in the upper right in enormous pink-sprinkled letters in the Dunkin Donuts font.

The submissions for the new Massachusetts seal, flag and motto are up, and my friends, they are a *trip* www.mass.gov/doc/massachu...

Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

I wrote about the decision myself and other authors took to withdraw from the longlist of the Polari Book Prizes for LGBTQ+ writers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Myself and Mary's fellowships are ending in October, and we're now looking for two new fellows!

I have had the best time, it's been a brilliant way to transition out of the PhD alongside teaching. It's been a joy to learn from the team and contribute something of my own too!

Any questions? DM me!

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Of interest to historians. Full time, permanent, £33,000 to £37,000, at Kew.

'The National Archives is looking for two Records Specialist to join our Collections Expertise & Engagement department, where we use our expert knowledge to inspire audiences and make them differently about archives.'

If you run any kind of service provider, sports club or social club you really need to respond to this because the guidance is an unworkable mess.

Tomorrow!!!

It's HERE!!! I'm ridiculously excited to finally be holding NEW AND DECOLONIAL APPROACHES TO GENDER NONCONFORMITY: FORGING A HOME FOR OURSELVES in my hands. You can preorder, or find where to get the OPEN ACCESS ebook, at www.bloomsbury.com/uk/new-and-d...

This is very effective at laying out, with detailed referencing, the targeted eliminationist campaign that has led directly to the UKSC ruling, the EHRC guidance, and other recent efforts backed by Starmer's government to make it impossible to transition and to exclude trans people from public life:

I just wanted to say thank you personally to everyone who was there yesterday. Who helped to make this possible. It was incredible.

We made history. We will keep making history. Together.

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Two 4-year fully-funded PhD studentships available at UCL for Black British candidates. One in History of the legacy of Transatlantic slavery and reparations; the other on reparations and the media/culture focusing on reparations and the media/culture. Here's the History one. 1/2

"We cannot show segregation as the moral abhorrence, practical disaster and mechanism of terrifying social control that it is with open letters, symbolic protests and lobbying campaigns. We show segregation for what it is by collectively making segregation impossible to enforce"

This hits very hard.

I, and many of my trans colleagues, operated from this logic by default. Many now, I think, are waking up to its flaws. Some, sadly, still do not and cling to the hope of a quick fix or compromise.

If you’d like to know more about extinction and empire, some upcoming book events:

18 June, with Gary Younge, KCL
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26 June, Linnean Society, London
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9 July, with Helen Macdonald, Cambridge
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"According to Qureshi, animal extinction should not be treated as a separate historical development from human extermination, as it often is."

Impossible to read this profile of the brilliant @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and not think you need to read her new book.

YouTube video by Katy Montgomerie Respond to the EHRC consultation together! With Katy Montgomerie and Dr Ruth Pearce ❤️

If you're a British trans person or ally I really think you MUST fill in the EHRC consultation on whether to segregate trans people from society

If you need a hand doing that, @notrightruth.bsky.social and I will be doing a respond together live stream Tuesday 8pm!

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YouTube video by Katy Montgomerie Respond to the EHRC consultation together! With Katy Montgomerie and Dr Ruth Pearce ❤️

The EHRC's segregation consultation is a horrible document to look at. But if you're planning to fill it in, you don't need to do so alone.

Join @katymontgomerie.com and me for our Tuesday evening livestream so we can respond together. We are stronger in community!

Ultimate end point of this: we all get to submit to the REF every book that is hallucinated in our name by AI

Statement of support for doctors affected by the supreme court ruling We reaffirm our commitment to supporting trans and non-binary members, and the wider community of medical professionals and patients

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